REMOTE GOAN VILLAGES TO GET HANDHELD BLOOD TESTING DEVICES: VISHWAJIT RANE
Panaji Health minister Vishwajit Rane today announced that the government will be providing ‘i-stat machines’, a handheld blood analysing device, to the state’s remotest villages to enable testing of blood on the spot. “The i-stat machine will allow blood to be tested immediately on 28 parameters in the remotest villages of Goa. People will not have to go the Primary Health Centres…
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HIGH COURT DIRECTS FORMER TOURISM MINISTER DILIP PARULEKAR TO FACE TRIAL IN SERULA COMUNIDADE LAND GRAB CASE
PANAJI Former Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has been directed by the High Court of Bombay at Goa, today, to face trial for offences under sections 119, 120, 420 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code in connection with Serula Comunidade cheating and land grab case filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues. Parulekar and the other two accused Peter Martins, then attorney of Comunidade…
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NORTH GOA COLLECTOR SEEKS EXPLANATION FROM PWD OVER ROAD DIGGING WORK
Panaji The North Goa Collector, Nila Mohanan, on Thursday wrote to the Public Works Department (PWD) seeking an explanation, after a couple on two-wheeler fell into a pit at St Cruz that was reportedly dug up by the PWD. The said work which was carried out by PWD was in violation of an order passed by the government which prohibits digging…
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SHUTTLERS CLUB SUB JUNIOR RANKING– DOUBLE CROWNS FOR TANUSHREE, SHOURYA, SIYA
PANAJI Tanushree Shadani and Shourya Joshi starred in the Sub Junior Badminton Ranking Tournament, organised by Shuttlers Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, winning double crowns each. In the championship finals held at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji, Tanushree won both the Girls singles titles while Shourya emerged victorious…
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CONTEMPT PETITION FILED BY ACTIVIST KASHINATH SHETYE AGAINST CCP ON MAHARAJA CASINO OFFICE ISSUE
Panaji Social activist Kashinath Shetye has filed a contempt petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa against CCP commissioner Ajit Roy for violating the earlier orders of the court which had ordered the municipalities to keep footpaths clean. Shetye has highlighted the encroachment on the footpath by Maharaja Casino which has put up its office opposite Old Secretariat. Shetye has…
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PARRIKAR TO MEET PM NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS MINING ISSUE
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week to discuss the resumption of mining in the state, Sanvordem MLA Dipak Pawaskar said today. Pawaskar was speaking to reporters at the state’s Secretariat today after Parrikar conducted meeting with MLAs from mining belt. However, most of the MLAs from the mining belt like Pramod…
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GOA GOVT SUSPEND PROCESS TO DECLARE CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS AS VERMINS
Panaji The Goa government has decided to put on hold the process to declare certain wild animals as vermin (harmful). Earlier, several farmers had complained to authorities about animals like wild boars, bisons, monkeys and others damaging crops, thus causing losses. The state government had initiated a process to declare some of these wild animals as vermin. Principal Chief Conservator of…
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TWO ARRESTED BY CALANGUTE POLICE FOR RASH DRIVING NEAR SCHOOL PREMISES
CALANGUTE Two youth were arrested on Wednesday for creating public nuisance near a school in Calangute, police said. Police have also proceeded to cancel the registration of their modified vehicles, which did not have number plates, police officer Jivba Dalvi told reporters. “Two ‘road romeos’ were arrested for rash and negligent driving on the road outside the school exactly when the…
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ACTIVIST CLAUDE ALVARES SUMMONED BY PANAJI POLICE
PANAJI Activist Claude Alvares, whose petition in the Supreme Court led to the shutdown of Goa’s mining industry, was on Wednesday summoned by Panaji police in connection with an FIR filed against him. The FIR was registered last month for symbolically locking the offices of the State Mines and Geology department in the state capital. Alvares has now moved for anticipatory bail. “We…
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VIDEO OF TCP MINISTER’S ARGUMENT WITH FISHERWOMAN GOES VIRAL
Panaji A video of Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai having an argument with a fisherwoman in Margao town and allegedly using derogatory words against her has gone viral on social media, with an NGO filing a complaint of molestation against him today. The Agriculture Minister, however, alleged that his conversation with the woman was “maliciously interpreted”. “I’m utterly shocked and appalled by…
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